Mechanical toy



. Dec. 14 {19261 STRAUSS ET AL MECHANICAL TOY Filed Feb. 1. 1926riwmrons if ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 14, 1926.

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FERDINAND STRAUSS AND GT'IO E. STARKE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A$SIGNORS TOTHE FERDINAND STRAUSS COEEOEA'EION, OF NEW YQRK, N. "5L, A GORIFORATIONOF NEW YORK.

MECHANICAL TOY.

Application filed February This invention relates to mechanical toys andhas for its main object the provision of a toy inexpensive andsubstantial in construction, and one that will afford amusement tochildren. I

Another object of the invention is to arevide a toy in the shape of aZeppelin that is adapted to simulate an aviator having lost control ofhis machine.

Other objects and novel features of con struction will become moreapparent and will be fully described as the specification proceeds.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification,

Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of a toy Zeppelin showing theinvention as applied thereto. 7

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the driving mechanism of the same and Fig.3 is a detail View showing the aviator mounted on the winding key.

Referring to the drawings in detail 5 indicates a body of a toy in theshape of a zep-- pelin to which is suitably secured a frame work 6containing therein the usual drive or motor mechanism 7, comprising awinding key 8, power spring and controlling means 9, drive gear 10suitably mounted on the key 8; a pinion 11 in mesh with the gear 10 ismounted on a square shaft 12 at approximately the centre portionthereof, a segmental gear 13 is secured to the lower end of the shaft 12and meshes alternately with pinions 14 and 15, pinion let is secured toa shaft 16 having a ground engaging wheel 17 fixed thereto, while pinionis loosely mounted on the shaft 16 and has a ground engaging wheel 18fixed thereto. At the rear of the body 5 there is pivotally mounted aforked lever 20 to which is journaled a wheel 21; a similar fork 22having a wheel 23 journal-ed therein is pivotally mounted at the frontof the body 5. On the shaft 12 there is removably mounted a figure 24 inthe shape of an aviator whose head 25 is loosely mounted on a pin 26pass ing through the body of the aviator 2 1, having arms 27 thereon anda steering wheel 28 in the hands of the aviator. 7

To operate the toy the motor is wound up and the toy is placed on theground with the wheels 17. 18 and 21 in engagement with the ground, thetoy will be propelled for. wardly as long as the segmental gear 13 is 1,1926. Serial No. 85,187.

in mesh with the pinion 1 1. As soon as the gear 13 becomes disengagedfrom the pinion 14: and engages pinion 15 the body 5 will tip downwardlyat the front, wheel 23 will engage the ground and the entire toy ,willpivot on the loosely mounted wheel 13 and describe an arc ofapproximately 180 degrees. This action will be repeated until. thespring 9 is unwound. It will also be seen that the figure 241 beingmounted on the shaft 12 will intermittently describe two semi-circularmovements to each revolution of the shaft 12, and the head 25 willwabble on its pivot 26 due to the alternate impact of the gear 13 withthe pinions 14 and 15. llhe aviator body 24: may be placed on the upperportion 30 of the key shaft 8 and used as a winding key to wind themotor from the top as shown in Fig. 3. In this case the number of timesthat the aviator will turn during one revolution of the gear 13 will beincreased. I

From the foregoing it will be seen that we have provided a toy that willamuse children by the different antics it goes through, such as goingforwardly, dipping forwardly or backwardly, going around in circles andby the different movements of the aviator.

The tipping action referred to is due to the alternate impact of thepinions 14 and 15 with the gear. 13, and to the fact that when eitherthe front or rear ground engagingwheel is in contact with the ground,the other one will be raised above the ground, and the body, which isloosely mounted on the shaft 16 will tip alternately in oppositedirections at each impact of the pinions and the gear.

Having thus described our invention, what we now claim is:

1. A mechanical toy of the class described, comprising a body, a motorwithin the body, a drive gear within the motor, a pinion in mesh withthe drive gear, a shaft associated with the pinion, a segmental gear onthe shaft, a ground engaging wheel fixed to said pinion, a shaft towhich said pinion and wheel are fastened, a second pinion adapted tomesh with the segmental gear, a'

ground engaging wheel fixed to said'second pinion said wheel and pinionbeing loosely mounted on said shaft, and a figure on the segmental gearshaft adapted to be intermittently actuated to describe an arc.

2. A mechanical toy of the class described, comprising a body, a motorWithin the body, a segmental gear forming a part of said motor, aplurality of pinions intermittently in mesh with the segmental gear, aground engaging wheel associated with each of said pinions, a shaft infixed relation with one pinion and Wheel and in loose relation with theother pinion and wheel, a pivotally mounted Wheel at the rear of thebody and a like pivot-ally mounted Wheel at the front of the bodyadapted to alternately engage the ground.

3. A mechanical toy of the class described, comprising a body, a motorWithin the body, a windinghey shaft associated with the motor, a drivegear on the key shaft, a pin ion in mesh with the drive gear, a shaftupon which the pinion mounted, a portion on the key extending beyond thedrive gear and a figure arranged to be removably and rotatably mountedon either the pinion shaft or on the key shaft extension.

4:. A mechanical toy of the nature described, comprising a body, a motorWithin 7 the body, a drive gear on the motor, a shaft rotatably mountedin the body, a segmental gear on the motor, a plurality of pinions onthe shaft alternately in mesh With the segmental gear to reverse thedirection of the toy, a vertical shaft rotated by the drive gear, and afigure rotatably mounted on the vertical shaft and intermittentlyrevolved therewith due to the reversal in direction of the movement ofthe toy.

A mechanical toy of the nature described comprising a body, a motorWithin the body, a drive gear on said motor, a shaft revolvably mountedin the body, a pinion outed upon the shaft in mesh with the gear, asegmental gear mounted on haft, a shaft revolvably.journalled in y, apair of pinions on the second ent oned shaft alternately meshing with hesegmental gear, and a figure mounted e first mentioned shaftintermittently d by the segmental gear due to the rate meshing of thepinions with the rental gear. In testimony whereof We hereunto aflix oursignatures.

OTTO R. STARKE. FERDINAND STRAUSSv

